Another shot at drag races

By
Thom Klein

MEMBERS of a motorsport club are gearing up for another shot at hosting a one-off event at the Kempsey aerodrome.

Another shot at drag races

Hopeful: Four Aces Drag Racing Club president Kevin Unger - pictured at the wheel of his everyday ute - says the development application for a one-off event at the Kempsey airport has addressed all criteria.

Mr Unger said the club had done everything it could to address
criteria in its development application, including noise control, tarmac
impact, effects on the neighbourhood, traffic control, and spectator numbers.

If the application is approved and the one-off event is staged
successfully, the club would aim to stage regular events.

“If everyone’s happy and we’re not treading on toes, we’d look
to staging four (meetings) a year,” Mr Unger said. “It would bring money and tourism
to the town, to the council and to the airport.”

The club president said entrant numbers would be capped at
about 100 and the event would run for about eight hours.

The Four Aces Drag Racing Club has 28 members around the Mid
North Coast.

Some former members had left because they had become disenchanted
with the hurdles faced in trying to stage race events, Mr Unger said.

Membership would be likely to grow exponentially if the club
was able to stage regular events.

Mr Unger invited anyone with concerns to contact him personally
and said many people were more supportive of amateur drag racing once they found
out more about the sport.